I've been thinking about trying to teach my dogs to give eachother kisses.
Most of the time they will give me a kiss if I ask for one, so they do know
what "kiss" means.
Hobbe is usually not allowed to kiss Yala, and Yala hardly ever gives him a
kiss either. They are not exactly best buddies. I'm don't think this would
make them any closer, it would just be a cute trick to teach them.

What do you think, is this a really bad idea that might make the dogs very
uncomfortable, or just like teaching the dogs to do any trick they normally
wouldn't do on their own?

Rosa

"Rosa Palmén" wrote in message
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I've been thinking about trying to teach my dogs to give eachother kisses.
Most of the time they will give me a kiss if I ask for one, so they do
know
what "kiss" means.
Hobbe is usually not allowed to kiss Yala, and Yala hardly ever gives him
a
kiss either. They are not exactly best buddies. I'm don't think this would
make them any closer, it would just be a cute trick to teach them.

What do you think, is this a really bad idea that might make the dogs very
uncomfortable, or just like teaching the dogs to do any trick they
normally
wouldn't do on their own?

i don't think it would be too terrible. but keep in mind that my dogs spend
about three hours a day with their tongue in the other dog's mouth, so maybe
i'm not the best judge of this idea. :-)

-kelly

"Rosa Palmén" wrote in message
...
I've been thinking about trying to teach my dogs to give eachother kisses.
Most of the time they will give me a kiss if I ask for one, so they do
know
what "kiss" means.
Hobbe is usually not allowed to kiss Yala, and Yala hardly ever gives him
a
kiss either. They are not exactly best buddies. I'm don't think this would
make them any closer, it would just be a cute trick to teach them.

What do you think, is this a really bad idea that might make the dogs very
uncomfortable, or just like teaching the dogs to do any trick they
normally
wouldn't do on their own?

i don't think it would be too terrible. but keep in mind that my dogs spend
about three hours a day with their tongue in the other dog's mouth, so maybe
i'm not the best judge of this idea. :-)

-kelly

"Rosa Palmén" wrote in message
...
I've been thinking about trying to teach my dogs to give eachother kisses.
Most of the time they will give me a kiss if I ask for one, so they do
know
what "kiss" means.
Hobbe is usually not allowed to kiss Yala, and Yala hardly ever gives him
a
kiss either. They are not exactly best buddies. I'm don't think this would
make them any closer, it would just be a cute trick to teach them.

What do you think, is this a really bad idea that might make the dogs very
uncomfortable, or just like teaching the dogs to do any trick they
normally
wouldn't do on their own?

i don't think it would be too terrible. but keep in mind that my dogs spend
about three hours a day with their tongue in the other dog's mouth, so maybe
i'm not the best judge of this idea. :-)

-kelly

"Rosa Palmén" wrote in message
...
I've been thinking about trying to teach my dogs to give eachother kisses.
Most of the time they will give me a kiss if I ask for one, so they do
know
what "kiss" means.
Hobbe is usually not allowed to kiss Yala, and Yala hardly ever gives him
a
kiss either. They are not exactly best buddies. I'm don't think this would
make them any closer, it would just be a cute trick to teach them.

What do you think, is this a really bad idea that might make the dogs very
uncomfortable, or just like teaching the dogs to do any trick they
normally
wouldn't do on their own?

i don't think it would be too terrible. but keep in mind that my dogs spend
about three hours a day with their tongue in the other dog's mouth, so maybe
i'm not the best judge of this idea. :-)

-kelly

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 19:00:13 +0200, "Rosa Palmén"
wrote:

I've been thinking about trying to teach my dogs to give eachother kisses.
Most of the time they will give me a kiss if I ask for one, so they do know
what "kiss" means.
Hobbe is usually not allowed to kiss Yala, and Yala hardly ever gives him a
kiss either. They are not exactly best buddies. I'm don't think this would
make them any closer, it would just be a cute trick to teach them.

What do you think, is this a really bad idea that might make the dogs very
uncomfortable, or just like teaching the dogs to do any trick they normally
wouldn't do on their own?

I would be leery of teaching them this trick at this point if they
"are not exactly best buddies." What you might be encouraging as
steps toward a kissing trick might be something else in dog language.
Unless they are very comfortable with their place and with each other,
I wouldn't put them in close proximity, with close contact like that
in the face area. There is too much dominance and other communication
that dogs have going with head and face position, licking and who does
the licking where, etc. With my own dogs, I could see doing this with
some of them as they have no issues with each other and are constantly
in each other's faces in a friendly way anyway. Neither one has space
or dominance issues with other dogs or humans, either. With one
other, I would avoid it to be on the safe side. With the last one,
who is not good with doggy language or manners and also tends to be
worried about dominance issues, I would be very concerned of
inadvertently setting off an ugly chain of events.

--
Paula
"Paula talks tough, and she wears vicious lipstick, but she lacks the
depth of hate that I have spent many years cultivating." The Avocado Avenger

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 19:00:13 +0200, "Rosa Palmén"
wrote:

I've been thinking about trying to teach my dogs to give eachother kisses.
Most of the time they will give me a kiss if I ask for one, so they do know
what "kiss" means.
Hobbe is usually not allowed to kiss Yala, and Yala hardly ever gives him a
kiss either. They are not exactly best buddies. I'm don't think this would
make them any closer, it would just be a cute trick to teach them.

What do you think, is this a really bad idea that might make the dogs very
uncomfortable, or just like teaching the dogs to do any trick they normally
wouldn't do on their own?

I would be leery of teaching them this trick at this point if they
"are not exactly best buddies." What you might be encouraging as
steps toward a kissing trick might be something else in dog language.
Unless they are very comfortable with their place and with each other,
I wouldn't put them in close proximity, with close contact like that
in the face area. There is too much dominance and other communication
that dogs have going with head and face position, licking and who does
the licking where, etc. With my own dogs, I could see doing this with
some of them as they have no issues with each other and are constantly
in each other's faces in a friendly way anyway. Neither one has space
or dominance issues with other dogs or humans, either. With one
other, I would avoid it to be on the safe side. With the last one,
who is not good with doggy language or manners and also tends to be
worried about dominance issues, I would be very concerned of
inadvertently setting off an ugly chain of events.

--
Paula
"Paula talks tough, and she wears vicious lipstick, but she lacks the
depth of hate that I have spent many years cultivating." The Avocado Avenger

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 19:00:13 +0200, "Rosa Palmén"
wrote:

I've been thinking about trying to teach my dogs to give eachother kisses.
Most of the time they will give me a kiss if I ask for one, so they do know
what "kiss" means.
Hobbe is usually not allowed to kiss Yala, and Yala hardly ever gives him a
kiss either. They are not exactly best buddies. I'm don't think this would
make them any closer, it would just be a cute trick to teach them.

What do you think, is this a really bad idea that might make the dogs very
uncomfortable, or just like teaching the dogs to do any trick they normally
wouldn't do on their own?

I would be leery of teaching them this trick at this point if they
"are not exactly best buddies." What you might be encouraging as
steps toward a kissing trick might be something else in dog language.
Unless they are very comfortable with their place and with each other,
I wouldn't put them in close proximity, with close contact like that
in the face area. There is too much dominance and other communication
that dogs have going with head and face position, licking and who does
the licking where, etc. With my own dogs, I could see doing this with
some of them as they have no issues with each other and are constantly
in each other's faces in a friendly way anyway. Neither one has space
or dominance issues with other dogs or humans, either. With one
other, I would avoid it to be on the safe side. With the last one,
who is not good with doggy language or manners and also tends to be
worried about dominance issues, I would be very concerned of
inadvertently setting off an ugly chain of events.

--
Paula
"Paula talks tough, and she wears vicious lipstick, but she lacks the
depth of hate that I have spent many years cultivating." The Avocado Avenger

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 19:00:13 +0200, "Rosa Palmén"
wrote:

I've been thinking about trying to teach my dogs to give eachother kisses.
Most of the time they will give me a kiss if I ask for one, so they do know
what "kiss" means.
Hobbe is usually not allowed to kiss Yala, and Yala hardly ever gives him a
kiss either. They are not exactly best buddies. I'm don't think this would
make them any closer, it would just be a cute trick to teach them.

What do you think, is this a really bad idea that might make the dogs very
uncomfortable, or just like teaching the dogs to do any trick they normally
wouldn't do on their own?

I would be leery of teaching them this trick at this point if they
"are not exactly best buddies." What you might be encouraging as
steps toward a kissing trick might be something else in dog language.
Unless they are very comfortable with their place and with each other,
I wouldn't put them in close proximity, with close contact like that
in the face area. There is too much dominance and other communication
that dogs have going with head and face position, licking and who does
the licking where, etc. With my own dogs, I could see doing this with
some of them as they have no issues with each other and are constantly
in each other's faces in a friendly way anyway. Neither one has space
or dominance issues with other dogs or humans, either. With one
other, I would avoid it to be on the safe side. With the last one,
who is not good with doggy language or manners and also tends to be
worried about dominance issues, I would be very concerned of
inadvertently setting off an ugly chain of events.

--
Paula
"Paula talks tough, and she wears vicious lipstick, but she lacks the
depth of hate that I have spent many years cultivating." The Avocado Avenger

"Paula" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 19:00:13 +0200, "Rosa Palmén"
wrote:

I've been thinking about trying to teach my dogs to give eachother
kisses.
Most of the time they will give me a kiss if I ask for one, so they do
know
what "kiss" means.
Hobbe is usually not allowed to kiss Yala, and Yala hardly ever gives him
a
kiss either. They are not exactly best buddies. I'm don't think this
would
make them any closer, it would just be a cute trick to teach them.

What do you think, is this a really bad idea that might make the dogs
very
uncomfortable, or just like teaching the dogs to do any trick they
normally
wouldn't do on their own?

I would be leery of teaching them this trick at this point if they
"are not exactly best buddies." What you might be encouraging as
steps toward a kissing trick might be something else in dog language.
Unless they are very comfortable with their place and with each other,
I wouldn't put them in close proximity, with close contact like that
in the face area. There is too much dominance and other communication
that dogs have going with head and face position, licking and who does
the licking where, etc. With my own dogs, I could see doing this with
some of them as they have no issues with each other and are constantly
in each other's faces in a friendly way anyway. Neither one has space
or dominance issues with other dogs or humans, either. With one
other, I would avoid it to be on the safe side. With the last one,
who is not good with doggy language or manners and also tends to be
worried about dominance issues, I would be very concerned of
inadvertently setting off an ugly chain of events.

--
Paula
"Paula talks tough, and she wears vicious lipstick, but she lacks the
depth of hate that I have spent many years cultivating." The Avocado
Avenger

Well the thing I am most worried of is will teaching them this trick give
the youngster the idea he can kiss her even without me there telling them
both to do it. He usually does not try to get that intimate with her if she
is not being cuddled by me, and at those times she is in a friendly mood.
Could teaching this trick give him ideas?
He can read her very well - sometimes I notice that she's been saying "mean
things" better by watching his reactions, than her. The hierarchy is pretty
clear, he knows his place.

Rosa